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Transcript of Dionysiaques

Dionysiaques Dionysiaques
Composed in 1913
Composed for the
Garde Républicaine Band
Published in 1917
Premiere in 1925
First recording in 1950
1992: was considered in the "Top 10" of Band compositions
Grade V, challenging repertoire
Use for Band competitions in Japan
Influence: Schmitt is fascinated with exotic themes
Festival in ancient Greece celebrating the God of Wine, fertility, drama etc. : Dionysus
Score Analysis
Score Analysis (next part)
Performance practices
Need solid performers on every part
Interesting piece
Challenging piece
Orchestral music
Orchestrated to project effects
Almost a programmatic work
Very descriptive
Foreshadowing the works written a little bit later.
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Leather sandals women sandals Sandals Strappy sandals Florent SchmittFlorent Schmitt (1870-1958)
French composer
Studied composition with Gabriel Fauré and Theodore Dubois at the Paris Conservatoire
Won the Prix de Rome in 1900
Composed for multiple forms of music, except opera.
Impressionist
Influenced to compose for wind band after is time in World War I.
Composed two works for band and percussions: Dionysiaques and Marche Militaire form the two sections of Op. 62 and Slamlik, Op. 48
Composed tree quartets for winds
Wind chamber music
Recipient of the
Grand Prix de Musique de Paris
and was named Commander in the Order of the Légion d'honneur
Florent Schmitt
Op. 62 No 1Conclusion
Use full wind band instrumentation but not standardized American instrumentation
2 versions:
1913 version: with contrabass sarrusophone in C, trumpet in C and 2 bugles in Bb and Eb.
1975 (Guy M. Duker): with modern instrumentation
Instrumentation
Formal Scheme
Form: Intro - ABA'B'- Coda
Intro: Non-thematic
Four main motives
Compositional techniques used: transposition, extension, truncation and inversion
Six themes
Harmonic structure
Common chord types but the harmonic progression is not used in traditional way
The use of linear and vertical tritone = dissonant effect.
Ex: C/F# alternating and creating a tritone.
Elusive tonality: Give a tonal idea and than divert from it.
Rhythm and meter
Motives
4 motives:
1) The wedge motive
2) The hover motive
3) The ascent/descent motive
4) The 2/3 motive